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Last spring, a huge flock of Vaux’s Swifts took up temporary residency in an old chimney in downtown Los Angeles. The spectacle of the birds going in at dusk caused quite a stir. Jeff Chapman, director of the nearby Audubon Center at Debs Park, shot some video, and is getting set for the birds’ return [...]

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The Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Tiberon just wrapped up its 2010 summer camps. More than 500 campers ages 4 through 11 had a blast exploring our Sanctuary and all things nature with Audubon Summer Adventures. Campers delved into sharks, bugs, water, birds, trees, dirt, compost, geology, bay science, lichens, sand, decomposers, snakes, [...]

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Terry Knight at the Lake County Record-Bee reminds us that the Turkey Vulture is quite an amazing bird.
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Audubon California and local chapters in California have long felt that nature education is conservation. What this means is that if we want to protect the state’s magnificent natural treasures into the future, we need to ensure that the next generation of Californians appreciates the great outdoors as much as we do. In an effort [...]

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The Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary’s Junior Naturalist program is an exciting way for older kids to share what they’ve learned with youngsters while continuing to learn about nature.

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Catching insects in their mouths, diving bombing at 180 mph, spending five years over the open ocean, fighting someone much bigger — birds can be pretty darn awesome. There’s nothing scientific or methodical about this post, we just want to highlight some of the really awesome things that birds do. This is far from a [...]

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California Senator Barbara Boxer yesterday introduces legislation to make Pinnacles National Monument into a National Park. The park is known for its population of California Condors. (photo by Bryce Edwards)
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If you’re in the area, you may want to stop by the Audubon Kern River Preserve’s Hummingbird Celebration this Saturday. Everybody likes hummingbirds, right? (photo by Alison Sheehey)
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Audubon California’s 2010 Yellow-billed Magpie tracked twice as many of the birds as did our first effort last year. Nearly twice as many people participated as last year, as well. Read the whole report for more information on where the birds were found and in what numbers. Our thanks go out to everyone that took [...]

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The California Condor hasn’t been seen on the North Coast of California in a long time, but one Native American tribe is hoping to bring them back. Representatives of the Yurok Tribe say that the condor is an important part of their culture, a part that was lost when the condor faded from the region [...]

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Interesting story this morning in the L.A. Times about a group of Southern California bird rescue volunteers who specialize in hummingbirds. Check it out.
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With the recent designation that the Los Angeles River is a navigable waterway, and thus subject to the Clean Water Act, L.A. Times reporter Louis Sahagun and a group of river activists decided to kayak part of the river and take a look at what’s in there. Gabriela Castañeda, from the Audubon Center at Debs Park, [...]

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Interesting story from the Associated Press this morning about how even though the Gulf Oil spill has done far more ecological damage, the 1969 Santa Barbara spill prompted much more societal change — even going so far as to inspire the first Earth Day. Of course, the author notes, the Gulf spill is still relatively [...]

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The Santa Cruz Sentinel today editorializes that budget cuts to California State Parks have left the system in extremely poor shape. Maintenance is down, hours have been cut, and crime and vandalism is on the rise. The paper takes the position that the only way to save this wondrous resource is the California State Parks [...]

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